NCAA Football '11-'12

[derspiess]

They do, and they run it really well-- though unfortunately only for a quarter or half each game.  In the game against Bowling Green they had to run the ball quite a bit to win, but otherwise it's been air raid.

A quarter or half each game?  Are they a little inconsistent, or are they just blowing everyone out (or both)?

Both, sorta.  What usually happens is they come out flat in the first half, and then really tear it up in the 3rd quarter.  By the middle of the 4th quarter they are up by such a huge margin that they coast for the rest of the game.

[Valmy]

You know the fanbase is demoralized after that stomping by OU when this is all Bill in Sinton has to say about this week's game:

GO HORNS! BEAT OKLAHOMA STATE!     

Focus!! Fight and Win!

Synergy. Come on Horn fans. You know what to do. What say Ye?!

I say HOLD OKLAHOMA STATE UNDER 50 Horns!

[FunkMonk]

No car flags? 

[Valmy]

No car flags? 

No

Without car flags how can Texas hope to stop Justin Blackmon?

[OttoVonBismarck]

This is kind of interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZaOFTp5_C8&feature=player_embedded

I am pretty torn on the idea of Leach. He really does seem like a bit of a sleazeball.

And from a football standpoint, I wonder if he would continue to succeed - much of his success at TT was based on his being one of the frontrunners of the spread offense. That isn't some new fangled hard to defend offense anymore.

Realistically Leach's offense is a lot different from the spread. A more traditional spread was ran by say, Urban Meyer, and is pretty common across the country. It's been awhile since I watched B1G games but I seem to remember a few B1G schools are running a traditional spread now. Michigan was running the "spread-option" under Rodriguez (and I think he could have had success there if he had cared at all about defense and also not forced an entire team that had never ran anything aside from a traditional Michigan offense to change 100% over one offseason.)

Houston/OK. State/WVU all run a Leach style offense and having seen more traditional spreads I can say it's a different beast, they probably are the only 3 schools in the country running it.

[MadImmortalMan]

http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2011/10/13/2488528/iowa-football-now-with-more-card-stunts

Heh. Let's get the Hawkeyes on TV!!!!111

[grumbler]

Michigan was running the "spread-option" under Rodriguez (and I think he could have had success there if he had cared at all about defense and also not forced an entire team that had never ran anything aside from a traditional Michigan offense to change 100% over one offseason.) 

If RichRod had only learned to coach players, and not just schemes...

[MadBurgerMaker]

The C-USA and MWC conferences are merging for football:  http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/32718514

[dps]

A 22-team conference?  That's just nuts.

Of course, they won't be able to hold on to all those teams anyway, but still.

[sbr]

Teh Big East is going to extend a football only invitation to Boise State, Navy, and Air Force and all sports for Central Florida.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-bigeastexpansion

[MadImmortalMan]

Why would they accept that? The BEast is about to lose their auto-bid and finally join the list of lower-tier conferences officially.

[PDH]

The C-USA and MWC conferences are merging for football:  http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/32718514

I think it is mostly a championship game between the winners of each conference...

[MadImmortalMan]

The C-USA and MWC conferences are merging for football:  http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/32718514

I think it is mostly a championship game between the winners of each conference...

Yeah because it gives them a better argument to take the BEast's auto-bid.

[jimmy olsen]

Why would they accept that? The BEast is about to lose their auto-bid and finally join the list of lower-tier conferences officially.

If West Virginia stays, then them and Boise State will have won enough to salvage the AQ bid I think.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Turnover fest in the Hawaii - SDSU game so far.

The ticker scrolling across the bottom is saying Boise and Air Force are going to turn the Big East down ("sources").